Player Report for #34 Vern Branch

Player Demographics
	Name:	Vern Branch	Height:	6' 1"
	Nickname:		Weight:	195 lbs
	Date of Birth:	December 30, 1965	Bats:	S
	Drafted:	Drafted by the Virginia Colonials with the 6^th pick in the 3^rd round of the 1982 draft	Throws:	R
	Current Status:	Retired
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Honors and Awards
Award	Years	Times Won
Rookie of the Month	9/86	1

Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	wOBA	OPS+
1986 -	20	87	352	98	21	1	5	28	44	33	7	2	1	41	4	4	.278	.351	.386	.738	1.6	.330
1987 -	21	122	496	152	32	5	7	42	89	64	13	2	2	57	0	0	.306	.398	.433	.832	4.0	.371
1988 -	22	156	564	160	34	11	9	87	85	78	17	2	3	59	0	0	.284	.385	.431	.816	4.1	.363
1989 -	23	156	636	187	48	7	14	72	102	69	6	3	1	66	1	1	.294	.368	.458	.826	4.0	.361
1990 -	24	145	547	167	44	10	13	93	80	74	12	3	5	61	2	0	.305	.397	.494	.890	5.2	.387
1991 -	25	106	390	117	28	4	5	51	66	55	9	0	1	44	4	4	.300	.398	.431	.829	2.9	.372
1992 -	26	108	398	114	29	6	7	52	58	57	7	0	2	46	6	3	.286	.384	.442	.826	2.9	.367
1993 -	27	38	136	35	8	0	5	22	20	18	3	0	1	19	3	0	.257	.354	.426	.781	0.7	.346
1994 -	28	156	541	142	36	6	6	56	83	76	12	3	6	91	21	6	.263	.362	.385	.747	3.5	.335
1995 - MIS	29	143	518	116	22	3	1	49	70	74	7	4	4	92	16	12	.224	.327	.284	.611	0.7	.286	69
1996 - MIS	30	157	526	131	29	8	2	49	66	80	13	12	1	94	14	5	.249	.361	.346	.707	2.6	.320	93
1997 - IND	31	109	371	74	23	5	1	23	40	38	12	7	1	70	8	2	.200	.294	.296	.590	0.3	.268	63
1998 - IND	32	33	63	14	2	0	2	5	10	12	4	1	0	13	3	0	.222	.380	.349	.729	0.3	.338	105
1999 - IND	33	10	23	3	1	0	0	1	5	6	2	0	0	7	0	0	.130	.355	.174	.529	0.0	.286	54
w/		1074	4060	1172	280	50	71	503	627	524	86	15	22	484	41	18	.289	.380	.435	.815	29.1	.361
w/ MIS		300	1044	247	51	11	3	98	136	154	20	16	5	186	30	17	.237	.344	.315	.659	3.3	.303	81
w/ IND		152	457	91	26	5	3	29	55	56	18	8	1	90	11	2	.199	.310	.298	.608	0.6	.280	69
Per 162 games		162	590	160	38	7	8	67	87	78	13	4	3	81	9	4	.272	.367	.401	.768	3.5	.343	77
Totals		1526	5561	1510	357	66	77	630	818	734	124	39	28	760	82	37	.272	.367	.401	.768	33.1	.343	77

Expanded Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	PA	Outs	EBH	TB	IBB	PS	PS/PA	PA/HR	BB/K	GDP	PwrSpd	SB%	RC	RC/27	BBABIP	ISO
1986 -	20	395	261	27	136	3	1401	3.55	79.0	0.80	7	4.4	50.0	48.0	5.0	.303	.108
1987 -	21	577	348	44	215	10	1991	3.45	82.4	1.12	1	0.0	0.0	92.7	7.2	.334	.127
1988 -	22	664	409	54	243	4	2433	3.66	73.8	1.32	11	0.0	0.0	98.9	6.5	.303	.147
1989 -	23	715	454	69	291	6	2517	3.52	51.1	1.05	7	1.9	50.0	110.7	6.6	.311	.164
1990 -	24	641	388	67	270	3	2361	3.68	49.3	1.21	12	3.5	100.0	111.6	7.8	.322	.188
1991 -	25	455	278	37	168	3	1674	3.68	91.0	1.25	11	4.4	50.0	68.0	6.6	.328	.131
1992 -	26	464	289	42	176	9	1704	3.67	66.3	1.24	5	6.5	66.7	71.2	6.7	.308	.156
1993 -	27	158	102	13	58	1	594	3.76	31.6	0.95	2	3.8	100.0	22.3	5.9	.266	.169
1994 -	28	638	414	48	208	0	2441	3.83	106.3	0.84	10	9.3	77.8	82.7	5.4	.302	.122
1995 - MIS	29	607	422	26	147	0	2264	3.73	607.0	0.80	11	1.9	57.1	51.8	3.3	.268	.060
1996 - MIS	30	632	413	39	182	0	2360	3.73	316.0	0.85	10	3.5	73.7	72.8	4.8	.299	.097
1997 - IND	31	429	307	29	110	0	1535	3.58	429.0	0.54	9	1.8	80.0	34.6	3.0	.242	.097
1998 - IND	32	80	50	4	22	0	304	3.80	40.0	0.92	0	2.4	100.0	10.6	5.7	.250	.127
1999 - IND	33	31	20	1	4	0	124	4.00	0.0	0.86	0	0.0	0.0	2.2	2.9	.188	.043
w/		4707	2943	401	1765	39	17116	3.64	66.3	1.08	66	52.0	69.5	704.9	6.5	.312	.146
w/ MIS		1239	835	65	329	0	4624	3.73	413.0	0.83	21	5.5	63.8	123.9	4.0	.284	.079
w/ IND		540	377	34	136	0	1963	3.64	180.0	0.62	9	4.7	84.6	47.2	3.4	.241	.099
Per 162 games		689	441	53	237	4	2516	3.65	84.2	0.97	10	8.4	68.9	92.2	5.6	.302	.130
Totals		6486	4155	500	2230	39	23703	3.65	84.2	0.97	96	79.4	68.9	868.5	5.6	.302	.130

Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
1988 -	22	7	26	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	.231	.310	.231	.541	.261
1989 -	23	7	26	6	1	0	1	2	7	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	.231	.333	.385	.718	.322
1991 -	25	4	17	5	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.294	.294	.529	.824	.344
1992 -	26	7	27	8	0	0	4	8	9	6	0	0	1	4	1	0	.296	.412	.741	1.153	.462
w/		25	96	25	3	1	5	14	17	13	0	0	1	16	1	0	.260	.345	.469	.814	.353
Per 162 games		162	622	162	19	6	32	91	110	84	0	0	6	104	6	0	.260	.345	.469	.814	.353
Totals		25	96	25	3	1	5	14	17	13	0	0	1	16	1	0	.260	.345	.469	.814	.353

Fielding Stats

Year/Team	Age	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	SBA	RTO	RTO%
1986 -	20	2B	5	5	9	7	3	16	0	1.000	46.0	3.13	0.0
1986 -	20	3B	81	81	44	148	5	211	19	.910	706.3	2.45	0.0
1986 -	20	SS	1	1	5	4	4	9	0	1.000	9.0	9.00	0.0
1987 -	21	2B	1	1	2	3	1	8	3	.625	9.0	5.00	0.0
1987 -	21	3B	120	120	77	244	15	337	16	.953	1080.3	2.67	0.0
1988 -	22	3B	156	156	122	315	18	460	23	.950	1365.7	2.88	0.0
1989 -	23	3B	156	156	110	312	14	443	21	.953	1374.3	2.76	0.0
1990 -	24	3B	51	51	34	101	7	138	3	.978	444.3	2.73	0.0
1990 -	24	SS	52	52	82	135	27	219	2	.991	442.3	4.42	0.0
1990 -	24	RF	43	42	56	2	0	64	6	.906	381.0	1.37	0.0
1991 -	25	1B	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	4.0	2.25	0.0
1991 -	25	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
1991 -	25	3B	3	0	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	12.0	4.50	-0.4
1991 -	25	SS	103	103	162	297	69	477	18	.962	861.3	4.80	-3.4
1991 -	25	RF	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	16.0	1.12	0.0
1992 -	26	2B	23	23	44	63	14	109	2	.982	187.3	5.14	-2.7
1992 -	26	3B	15	13	5	34	1	41	2	.951	111.0	3.16	1.5
1992 -	26	SS	78	72	104	232	40	345	9	.974	637.0	4.75	1.0
1992 -	26	RF	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	-0.7
1993 -	27	2B	31	31	47	104	18	152	1	.993	250.0	5.44	-0.4
1993 -	27	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
1993 -	27	SS	12	6	9	22	2	31	0	1.000	57.7	4.84	0.1
1993 -	27	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	10.0	0.00	-0.7
1994 -	28	2B	102	100	204	308	58	526	14	.973	873.7	5.27	-0.3
1994 -	28	3B	33	33	18	60	1	84	6	.929	276.7	2.54	2.4
1994 -	28	SS	19	10	22	39	12	63	2	.968	117.0	4.69	0.7
1994 -	28	RF	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	7.3	2.45	-0.0
1995 - MIS	29	2B	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	0.0
1995 - MIS	29	3B	11	0	1	9	0	11	1	.909	20.0	4.50	0.2
1995 - MIS	29	SS	142	142	232	328	72	572	12	.979	1210.3	4.16	1.8
1995 - MIS	29	RF	2	0	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	13.7	5.93	-0.9
1996 - MIS	30	1B	1	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	3.0	18.00	0.0
1996 - MIS	30	2B	21	17	32	36	9	70	2	.971	157.3	3.89	0.3
1996 - MIS	30	3B	7	6	4	9	0	13	0	1.000	50.0	2.34	-0.9
1996 - MIS	30	SS	134	134	208	316	53	539	15	.972	1213.0	3.89	1.1
1997 - IND	31	1B	7	6	39	5	1	46	2	.957	52.0	7.62	0.1
1997 - IND	31	2B	16	12	29	29	9	58	0	1.000	117.0	4.46	1.5
1997 - IND	31	3B	83	80	46	124	9	177	7	.961	701.3	2.18	3.8
1997 - IND	31	SS	5	0	3	1	0	4	0	1.000	16.7	2.16	-0.5
1997 - IND	31	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.0	0.00	0.0
1998 - IND	32	2B	22	13	22	35	11	58	1	.983	132.3	3.88	-1.7
1998 - IND	32	3B	1	1	1	4	0	6	1	.833	9.0	5.00	0.1
1998 - IND	32	SS	5	1	3	2	0	5	0	1.000	15.0	3.00	0.0
1998 - IND	32	RF	5	2	7	1	0	8	0	1.000	21.3	3.38	-0.1
1999 - IND	33	2B	3	3	7	10	3	17	0	1.000	29.3	5.22	0.3
1999 - IND	33	3B	4	3	5	8	1	13	0	1.000	29.0	4.03	0.2
1999 - IND	33	SS	3	1	0	4	0	4	0	1.000	12.0	3.00	-0.5
First Base			9	6	45	6	1	53	2	.962	59.0	7.78	0.1
Second Base			231	205	398	595	126	1016	23	.977	1808.0	4.94	-3.0
Third Base			722	700	470	1372	71	1941	99	.949	6182.0	2.68	7.0
Shortstop			554	522	830	1380	279	2268	58	.974	4591.3	4.33	0.3
Right Field			62	44	78	3	0	87	6	.931	457.3	1.59	-2.5

Leaderboard Appearances

Year	GS	Rank
1988	156	8
1989	156	5
1996	157	4

Year	PA	Rank
1989	715	3

Year	AB	Rank
1989	636	2

Year	H	Rank
1989	187	6

Year	TB	Rank
1989	291	10

Year	2B	Rank
1989	48	5
1990	44	6

Year	3B	Rank
1988	11	2
1989	7	10
1990	10	2
1992	6	10
1996	8	7

Year	SB	Rank
1995	16	7

Year	R	Rank
1987	89	8
1989	102	10

Year	IBB	Rank
1987	10	3
1989	6	8
1992	9	7

Year	HBP	Rank
1987	13	3
1988	17	3
1990	12	8
1994	12	9
1997	12	10

Year	SH	Rank
1996	12	1
1997	7	3

Year	EBH	Rank
1990	67	9

Year	AVG	Rank
1987	.306	7

Year	OBP	Rank
1987	.398	5
1988	.385	10
1990	.397	8

Year	SLG	Rank
1990	.494	8

Year	RC	Rank
1990	112.1	8

Year	RC/27	Rank
1987	7.2	7
1990	7.6	6

Year	TAVG	Rank
1990	0.9133	8

Year	OPS	Rank
1990	.890	9

Year	wRC+	Rank
1990	60.2587	4

Career Metrics
Black Ink	0
Gray Ink	29
HOF Standards (batting)	14

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